1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 0ebdefe74d5b..c1c088ef1420 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -396,7 +396,12 @@ sub read_all_maintainer_files {
 
     if (-d $path) {
         $path .= '/' if ($path !~ m@/$@);
-        if ($path eq "${lk_path}MAINTAINERS/") {
+        if ($find_maintainer_files) {
+            find( { wanted => \&find_is_maintainer_file,
+                    preprocess => \&find_ignore_git,
+                    no_chdir => 1,
+                }, "$path");
+        } else {
             opendir(DIR, "$path") or die $!;
             my @files = readdir(DIR);
             closedir(DIR);
@@ -404,12 +409,6 @@ sub read_all_maintainer_files {
                 push(@mfiles, "$path$file") if ($file !~ /^\./);
             }
         }
-        if ($find_maintainer_files) {
-            find( { wanted => \&find_is_maintainer_file,
-                    preprocess => \&find_ignore_git,
-                    no_chdir => 1,
-                }, "$path");
-        }
     } elsif (-f "$path") {
         push(@mfiles, "$path");
     } else {